Improvement in soldering metal vessels



N.PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHEH. WSHINGTO rrr; STATES trible.

Pa'rhrv'r HENRY P. DENNIS, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS,

Spccilication forming part of Letters Patent No. lhhdi, dated November2f?, 1964.

To @ZZ whom t may] concern: Y

Beit known that I, HENRY I?. DENNIS, of the city and county of Peoria,State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful machine entitledDennis Soldering-lilachine,7 to be used in soldering round, square,oval, or any required shape or form, tin or metal vessels; and I dohereby declare that thcannexed explanation (niarkedA) and theaccompanying drawing (marked B) make a full, perfect, and cleardescription ot' said machine and the operation of the same, and thatsaid drawing and specification are made a part of this speciication andexpressly .referred to `for explanation of use and operation ofthe same.

A is the stand or post ofthe machine,which is made fast to a board orbench by means ol" screw R and nut S.

B is the oscillatory lever-screw, which has two positions and twomotions. First, the lever B is in an inclined position and representedby dotted lines. The can or vessel body is put on the cylinder orstavesq q q g. Then the bottom is put on and held by the right hand until theleft hand turns crank I-I around enough to cause shaft B to screw intoexpansioneplate 0 and cause Q Q q q to expand out tight to t-he bottomof the can or vessel. When this is done, the left hand throws down shaftB into a horizontal position,which is guided by shaft-box C, and is heldto its place by means of oscillatory lever-box I), which is held bymeans of two screws, XV, Iopposite to each other, and causes the leverof box D to pass back into the notch of lever-finger E, which holds thelever-linger rest F down on the side seam or lap ofthe can or vessel,which keeps the seam of the aforesaid can Vor vessel to its place whilesoldering. Then this is done, the lever B is thrown up again intoinclined plane, as at first, which causes the lever-box D to pass outunder the lever-iinger E and causes it to stand in a perpendicularposition. Ey this means it will be out of the way while the bottom ofthe can or vessel is being soldered. Then finished, the can is takenoil' by means of turning crank II to reverse until it forces outexpansion-plate O and lets the stave q q q q contract by means ofsprings Rwhich are riveted into stave-plates L, just below thestavcslot, and are fastened at the other end by means of staples y,which l are fastened into the staves of q q (l Q, which are fastenedinto the stave-plates L L L L by means of stave-plate slot-screws M M MM, which are screwed into staves q q q q and pass through the slots ofstave-plates L L L L and receive the ends of screws N N N N, whichcauses the aforesaid screws M M M M to be moved in the aforesaid slotsof staveplates L L L L by means of aforesaid thumbscrews N N N N, whichare screwed through lugs Z Z Z Z and riveted fast to aforesaid screws MM M M. The stave-plates L L L L are made fast to slotplate I by means ofeight thumb-screws, K, which pass through the slots in thc aforesaidslotplate I and screw into the stave-plate L L L L, which may be movedat any given point iu the slots aforesaid, pla-te I. The shaft B is'heldin by means of three pins, U U U U-one on each side of box D, and oneinside slot-plate I-- while the end toward the crank is guided by box C,as set forth.

T is a screw by which to set or keep the cylinder in any certain pitchwhile soldering. This passes through cap g down onto box C, which slidesin stand A, as set forthe The screws X X. pass through finger E andscrew into finger-rest F, and equalize thepressure on the can or vessel,as set forth. XVhen the can or vessel to be soldered is of conical orsquare form, the cylinder is changedto suit the shape of the vessel tobe soldered.

The benefits of this machine are to save edging, grooving, and solder.Also this inachine tits the bottom by pressing out or expanding the bodyor sides to'fit the bottom, also saves great time and labor incomparison to mode of doing the same work by hand.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and'desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-- l. A new and useful machine on which to solder tin or metal vesselsin any required form, theform of stand A, in combination with shaft Band lever-box D, as set forth.

2. The application of box C, in coinbinatiou with the machine, for thepurpose set forth.

3. The form of leveriiige1F,in combination with lever-iinger rest F, andfor the purpose set forth. v

Li. The application of slot-plate I, in combination with stave-plates LL L L and expansion-staves g q j q, foi-the purpose set fortho 5. Theapplication of the screws M M M M 7. The use of cylinder staves ofround, and N N N N in the inode of adjusting` the square, oval, or anyrequired form in their staves q q qq, also the thumb-screws K K K Kapplication to this machine.

K K K K, used in setting the inachine to ex- HENRY I. DENNIS. pand toany required size.

6. The application of expansion-plate O, in Witnesses: combination Withpins U U U and springs P JAS. T. TAYLoR, P P P, for the purpose Setforth. V. F. DENNIS.

